Vintage Goodies...

To end the week off I will leave you with these gorgeous vintage clothes from jessjamesjakes on etsy:

Aren't those dresses to die for?? And the red boots are such a show stopper!

I love it!

Please go and browse her shop for more Vintage Goodness!

Have a lovely weekend!

   

The round table

(A beautifully restored family chair - from 33 Shades of Green)

I am living in a small-ish Townhouse that fits me perfectly but there is something missing...

I need a table to do the things I do.. you know.. the creative things that I'm slowly wanting to do again.

Due to space constraints I will have to come up with a really clever plan to make it work though..

What I really would like to do is to get a medium sized round table with a few different vintage chairs that can serve as dining table as well as general craft table. They are scarce as chickens teeth.. let me tell you.

I have been trawling 2nd hand shops and websites.. to no avail. Square tables are a dime a dozen, but rounds ones... nooo...

I have seen one or two around, but then mostly the big dining type tables that takes about 6 chairs. I want... no.. need something much smaller... 2 to 4 chairs max.

There is the perfect little table at a Vintage Coffee Shop in our local Mall.. do you think anyone would notice if I dragged a small round table out the door?

Patient Parenting

Since the end of 2011 my load at work has steadily increased.. and as this load increases, so my patience decreases. I have never been very good at handling heaps of stress, and it seems I haven't been getting any better at it the last 10 years or so.

But, I want changes.. to be more aware.. more available.. to live in the moment.

I want to be more patient, a better listener, calmer, less irritable!

I found a wonderful website... a type of life coaching site.. I like it..

.. this week I'm trying to be a more Patient Parent.. you can read about it here.. you might also need it. It's practical and I'm going to try it out.

We are halfway there and the weekend is around the corner....

Hope the rest of your week is Filled with Precious moments with your loved ones

xxx

Pretty Pictures

We had a family photo shoot just before the new year.
These beautiful pictures were taken by my photographer aunt.

She took all these photo's using a green background and then edited the backgrounds in.

 

I love this pic of Jess and me... in our "dance dresses"

Jessie putting on her mischievious smile..

Sisters and cousins....

and a beautiful pic of my sister and her adorable baby.. Wardus...

and he has the exact same blue eyes as his cousin..

Look at those smiles.. and Wardus looks like he knows something the rest of them don't!

Hope your week is filled with joy..

20.....e.l.e.v.e.n....

.....breathe in..... breathe out...

2010... turned into a monster year....

If anyone out there still pops in here from time to time... I'm still here...

I've had to deal with things that where way too big for me in 2010.. the end of a 10 year relationship.. a marriage that lasted 5 years.. I've had a difficult time keeping it together...

but now...

I feel better ... lighter... I'm starting to re-focus now... to gather myself...

and...

2011 will have to be better.. friendlier... less sad...

I've stopped sewing, baking, cooking, crafting... but I'll get back there... I still have a list of things I'd like to do and make.. the scope and the landscape has just changed...

But, i'll be back here.. posting ... on life and whatever else I get done!